Xiao has thought about it for a long time

It was the most embarrassing meal Tang Yi had ever had, and it was hard to do anything in the middle. She naturally leaned towards Josie, but she didn't know the truth, so she couldn't scold Fu Bei, so she kept playing by ear and said a few words from time to time. To ease the atmosphere, go out to throw out the trash after dinner.

Fu Bei watched the two of them finish eating, waiting patiently.

Josie ate food slowly, and then drank water in small sips, until they were the only ones left in the store, and the man suddenly said, "I was wrong last time."

In the 27 years of his life, since he was sensible, Fu Bei has never bowed his head so much, without any falsehood, and his tone is as flat as ever, but his words are clear.The person who did something wrong when he was young, and was punished by Grandpa Fu to kneel, and did not bow his head for a long time, said this sentence without hesitation now.

As soon as the movement of her hands stopped, Josie squinted at her, feeling uneasy, put down the glass, and said, "There is nothing wrong with it, and what you said is right, it's just a different standpoint."

What he said was simply gentle and thoughtful.

People covered in thorns will suddenly be flexible, and that feels really extraordinary.The indifference on Fu Bei's face finally peeled off a little bit, and she became cautious. She thought Josie was angry, so she came here specially, but Josie blocked the road directly.

In many cases, the most fatal thing is not words and actions, but changes. When Josie had a fight with Zhou Jiaqi when she was a child, she would rather be misunderstood than give in, but she was especially "considerate" just now, which is completely different.

Not being reconciled is often the root cause of a person's persistence, but the impulsive time is limited, and the emotions fade away, and they will gradually wake up. All people trapped in feelings are the same. They stumble and don't know how to repent. Not sure where to go.

Many things cannot be explained by logic and reason, and human nature is complex and changeable.

The store is quiet, the street is noisy, the air conditioner is whining, and the cool breeze is blowing.Fu Bei was silent for a while, but he didn't provoke her anymore. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "It's my birthday on the 16th, do you want to go back to the compound?"

Josie’s birthday is on the sixth day of the seventh lunar month, and this year’s sixth day of the seventh month is at the end of the solar term, which is the last day of the dog days. Popularly, it’s called "Autumn Tiger". up.

"I don't know." Josie said, not in the mood to pay attention.

Five years ago, Fu Bei left on the day of Liqiu. Josie, who was still traveling abroad, called back excitedly the night before, saying that she must spend her birthday with her.

Josie had selfish intentions and wanted to celebrate both birthday and Chinese Valentine's Day together. The girl was full of affection and thought it was a reconciliation between the two, so she almost pierced a layer of window paper. Who knew that when she came back, she was in vain. I can't find it anywhere.

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Sometimes in retrospect, I still feel unwilling. Later, I heard from Qiao Jianliang that Fu Bei chose to study abroad by himself, and he made the decision long ago.Josie, who was in her teens, had a deformed attachment to Fu Bei that was too out of bounds, beyond what it should have been. People around saw it, even if they didn't make it clear, they knew what was going on, so that Fu Bei left later. , everyone helped to hide it.

It's just that Josie didn't understand at that time, Qiao Jianliang said tactfully, "It's all for your own good."

Unwilling to study abroad, on the day of applying for the voluntary exam, Josie said stupidly: "Although we are not in the same school, but we are close, I will come to you when I have time, okay?"

What did Fu Bei say?

She said, "Okay."

Not only was it in vain, but even all the expectations and concerns were in vain.

Remembering these old events, Josie's face was cold and serious, and the concern was still hard to erase.

Fu Bei knew her too well, and he knew what to do and what not to do, not to mention that Tang Yi would come back soon, and said lightly, "If you don't go back, I will pick you up when the time comes."

Josie directly refused: "No."

"Waiting for you downstairs in the community." Fu Bei seemed unable to understand the words.

Josie didn't answer. The screen of her mobile phone on the table lit up, and the WeChat message was pushed, showing "picture", and she sent three messages in a row.

She glanced and ignored it for the time being.

And Fu Bei also saw it inadvertently. He couldn't see the content of the message, but he saw the word "Master" in the note.

Josie has a habit, which she developed very early. No matter what chat software or address book she uses, she will directly note the names of her friends, including names and surnames, no matter who they are.

This is the only exception.

The air-conditioning wind is blowing here, making it cool.

I missed five years of time, and the people and things in the time have nothing to do with the people before.

That night, after Tang Yi came back from throwing out the trash, Fu Bei did nothing else, but insisted on sending Josie back to the community. He said he was, but in fact he drove behind Josie's car.

The stable and low-key Maybach ran along with the flamboyant Jeep. The scene was really strange. Perhaps the color of the Jeep's body was too bright, which attracted many passers-by to watch.

After getting out of the car, Josie walked into the building.

Fu Bei sat in the car and watched until his back was completely hidden in the night.

Josie's birthday comes at the turn of hot summer and autumn, while Fu Bei's is the opposite. Her birthday is in the cold winter, and it happens to be the day of the winter solstice.

The first winter when Qiao’s family moved into the compound, it happened to snow. It was the first heavy snowfall in Jiangcheng since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The snow was so thick that it buried the threshold. A few days later, it was as deep as the calf of a seven or eight-year-old child. .

The last time it snowed heavily in Jiangcheng was during the period of the Republic of China.

Children love to be curious. Josie has never seen snow since she was so old. In the first two days when it snowed, she was very excited to make snow and play.

After getting along for about half a year, she and Fu Bei and Zhao Shihuan were already very familiar. Fu Bei put on airs and refused to play in the snow, but Zhao Shihuan wanted to play, and even called a bunch of friends over to play.

Josie ran around among a bunch of big kids, sometimes she was in the same team as Zhao Shihuan, and sometimes rebelled and went to the opposite side. When she rebelled, Zhao Shihuan grabbed a handful of snow and chased her. Don't let go of chasing, if you want to catch up, you will deliberately slow down.Josie was so frightened that she ran around quickly, hiding here and there, and when she was tired, she went to Fu Bei's place to take cover, grabbed the man's clothes and hid behind, begging for help in surprise.

Zhao Shihuan has a lot of eyes and eyes, and she is naughty, like teasing a kitten.

Josie went crazy playing, and accidentally fell into the snow while hiding, but was picked up by Fu Bei, and said, "Be careful, don't fall again."

The snow was cold, especially Jiangcheng, which had not experienced heavy snow, was as cold as ice at that time.Josie was so cold that her face was red and her hands were red. Sometimes other people accidentally threw snow on her when they were playing. The biting cold snow fell into the collar of her collar and touched her skin, which made her tremble.

It was the old lady who saw it and shouted again and again: "Oh, you children, you are really not afraid of the cold. You will suffer from the frostbite."

Zhao Shihuan laughed, and led a group of people into Fu's house to bake in the oven.

After getting along for a long time, Josie has become dependent on Fu Bei.On the surface, Fu Bei is indifferent to everyone, but he has a good heart. After a long time, he will find that this person is quite nice.

Zhao Shihuan and the others chatted while warming up the fire. When they mentioned that the winter solstice was Fu Bei's birthday, they wondered what would happen when they thought about it.At that time, except for Josie, everyone knew that all gatherings were for socializing, including birthdays. It was just a happy celebration or a happy celebration. The group discussed whether to go out on the night of the birthday and came up with various arrangements.

Twelve or thirteen-year-old children have begun to be infiltrated by the big dye vat of society. They are no longer as simple as a few years old. Children from rich families have come into contact with the real and prosperous world early. A fascinating path of desire.

But at that time, Josie didn't know what the enjoyment of the rich was. Seven or eight years old was not a very sensible age, but many concepts had already been formed. She was different from these people in the compound, and she was similar to those ordinary children in the North District. , the concept of birthday is that everyone has a meal together and gives meaningful gifts.

She asked the old lady: "Grandma, when is the winter solstice?"

The old lady smiled and said, "The day after tomorrow is the winter solstice."

The time to prepare the gift was too short, she thought for a long time and chose to bake a small cake by herself.

Josie prepared this gift with great care, but her ability was limited after all. With the help of her aunt at home, the cake was made quite nicely, but all she had to do was beat the eggs with the flour, and the rest depended on her aunt.

On the day of the winter solstice, a large number of guests went to Fu's house, and the birthday gifts were almost piled up into a hill. Compared with the dazzling array of exquisite and expensive gifts, the small handmade cakes were inconspicuous, even shabby. Car rental money and company dividend rights.

That was the first time that Josie realized what the gap was. She stood beside her with an unwrapped cake, and she was too embarrassed to speak.

Children are sensitive, but they still understand a little bit.

Fortunately, the Qiao family couple still prepared presents, so everyone didn't pay much attention to Josie.Josie quietly put the cake on the table next to the pile of presents, hoping that Fu Bei would find it, and then come over to have a look from time to time throughout the day.

It's a pity that there is no packaging, and the guests mistakenly think that it is eaten there. In the end, I don't know who brought it to eat.

She was not very happy all night, and she was more concerned about this matter.

Fu Bei was surrounded by his friends all day long, and he seemed to be in a good mood. When he saw her sitting alone, he asked, "Aren't you going to play with other people?"

"I don't want to go." She said sullenly.

Zhao Shihuan happened to come over, and interjected inappropriately: "Qiao Qiao, do you want to come with me?"

Josie knew that they were going out to play at night, so she consciously didn't follow, and shook her head.

Later, by chance, when Qiao's mother came to pick up the child and chatted with the old lady, Fu Bei realized that Qiao Xi had carefully prepared a birthday present, but he didn't realize it.

She asked Josie, "When is your birthday?"

Josie said, "It's over."

"We can go again next year."

"Are you going to prepare a gift with me now?"

Fu Bei laughed, "Just ask, it's still early."

"The sixth day of July." Josie said, after thinking for a while, he added, "It's the lunar calendar, and it's different every year."

When I was young, the two days I looked forward to the most in a year were Chinese New Year and birthday. I was looking forward to growing up, and I hoped that time could go faster, and then faster, but when I grew up, no matter whether it was Chinese New Year or birthday celebration, I lost the excitement Son.

After returning home, Josie clicked on WeChat to check the news.

Master sent pictures of tattoo equipment, and asked: [Which one do you like? 】

She took a cursory look and asked back: [Want to send me? 】

The chat interface showed that it was typing, but it hadn't been sent for a long time, and it took a long time before it slowly returned a word: [Yeah. 】

Josie: [Anything. 】

Then there was no movement, and the chat interface returned to calm. It was not until half an hour later that the master sent a voice, and there was only one sentence in total-I will return to Jiangcheng next month.

Josie suddenly remembered that she hadn't told the other party the store address, so she sent the address.

Both the master and the apprentice did not take the usual path, and they had no warmth at all.The master will not call her an apprentice, and never take care of her too much. Whenever he thinks of her, he will send a message. Every time he either sends equipment or red envelopes for the holidays, there is no concern.Josie would not really treat her as a teacher, and would not call her master or something when they met, and even call her "Qin Si" by first name and surname.

Qin Si's mouth is quite vicious, he doesn't swear, but he hits the point in every sentence. When Josie learned tattoos from her, what was said the most was-"Don't say that it has something to do with me when you get tattoos in the future. The technology is so bad. Don't fail to find you to settle accounts, and come here to smash my place."

In fact, Josie has a talent in this area, and she learns it quickly, but Qin Si always finds faults, can't help but hurt others, and deliberately teases her.

The other party didn't reply. Looking at the time, he guessed which bar he was hanging out in right now.

Tonight there is no moon, not even stars, the house is stuffy, turn on the air conditioner before going to take a shower, don't feel too comfortable after washing.

Josie still has a lot of ordinary friends. Although they don’t have a deep relationship, many people remember that she is about to give birth. If you don’t have time, they will send gifts in advance.

She definitely won't go back to the compound on her birthday, she doesn't want to see mother and son with the surname Zhou, and she doesn't even bother to pretend to be hypocritical. She didn't think about making it too grand, she just planned to invite her friends to have a meal and play, and she thought about what is appropriate place, reply to everyone's messages one by one.

Just after replying, a verification message popped up. The source showed that the other party added by searching the mobile phone number, the region Jiangcheng, the nickname F, the avatar was blank, and there was nothing.

Knowing who it was, Josie ignored the news directly.

Not long after, this person sent another verification message, this time adding a verification message: Fu Bei.

Josie frowned slightly. She didn't like to be disturbed, so she ignored it again, threw the phone aside, and picked up the remote control to turn on the TV.